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Hi Birders,
My wife Anne, and I make a 6 day trip via
Junee NSW and then travelled onto visited family at Wattle Glenn and
Greensborough, Melbourne 30/9-5/10/04
Some of the birding highlights were:
A Red-backed Kingfisher, about 12 km east of
Bathurst, an unusual location when seasonal conditions are so good at present
30/9.
40+ Superb Parrots in a surburban park in
Cootamundra where Yellow Box trees were flowering 30/9.
A pair of Crested Shrike-tits and Bee-eaters at
Cudgewong Ck Frampton 30/9
10-12 Painted Honeyeaters, including a pair at a
nest, in an area of Mugga Ironbark at Bethungra, the tree were heavily infested
with Drooping Mistletoe which was heavily in fruit. Also at this site were
White-winged Trillers, Southern Whiteface, Yellow-tufted Honeyeater, Shrike-tit
etc 30/9
A flock of 150+ Plumed Tree-Ducks were based at the
Junee STW but were also seen in the flooded pasture around the Caravan park and
the Wetland Reserve as a result of the heavy rain. Also at the Junee STW were
Red-kneed Dotterels, many Pink-eared Duck, Shoveler and 50+ Black-tailed
Nartive-hens 1/10. Persistent rain terminated our plan trip to Ingalba NR &
Pucawan NR at Temora.
On 4/10, a visit was made to the Edithvale
Wetlands, not being a weekend or a Wednesday in day-light saving periods, the
hide was not opened, but good views of the waterbirds were obtained from the
platform near the hide. At the wetland there were 10+ Whiskered Terns in
breeding plumage, a Swamp Harrier, 8+ pairs of Swans with cygnets, Hoary-headed
& Australasian Grebe, Goldfinches, Little Grassbird & Reedwarblers, plus
the usual ducks and Shoveler, and Swamphens with chicks. One unfortunate
White-faced Heron had a piece of string caught around its neck, we saw the bird
several times so perhaps it was building a nest near the bird hide?
Alan Morris
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